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Zan News: The Taliban Supreme Court has announced that in Khost, Ghor, and Balkh provinces, ten people, including two women, have been publicly whipped. Illustration: Zan TV / AI-generated Taliban Whipped Ten People, Including Two Women, in Public in Three Provinces November 28, 2024 Zan News Zan News: The Taliban Supreme Court has announced that in Khost, Ghor, and Balkh provinces, ten people, including two women, have been publicly whipped. The court stated today, Thursday (November 28), in three separate statements that in Khost province, one woman and one man, accused of "moral corruption," were each whipped 39 times. Another statement from the court mentioned that in Ghor province, one woman and one man, convicted on similar charges, were whipped between 25 to 39 times and each sentenced to five months in prison. Additionally, four other men in Ghor, accused of "adultery and sodomy," were whipped between 25 to 39 times and sentenced to four months to two years in prison. It was reported that these punishments were carried out in sports stadiums in Ghor province and in the courtyard of the Khost province court in front of a crowd of people. Meanwhile, another statement from the court indicated that two individuals in the Koh-e-Alborz district of Balkh province, accused of "sodomy," were publicly whipped 35 times each and sentenced to four years in prison. According to the Taliban Supreme Court's statement, these sentences were carried out after being approved by the Supreme Court and in the presence of judicial officials, government employees, Taliban military personnel, and some local people. It is worth noting that according to reports, over the past month, the Taliban has publicly whipped 111 people, including 17 women, in different provinces of the country for various offenses. Since the Taliban's return to power in August 2021, the group has gradually returned to its 1990s policies. One of these policies is the implementation of corporal punishment in public, which is now widely practiced in various parts of Afghanistan. These actions by the Taliban have faced severe reactions from human rights organizations and the international community. Human rights organizations have condemned these punishments as blatant violations of human rights and called for their immediate cessation.

Zan News: The Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has arrested seven people, including two women, from various areas of Kabul city on charges of “moral corruption.” File photo: Pixabay / CC0 Public Domain Taliban Arrest Seven People, Including Two Women, in Kabul October 30, 2024 Abdullah Naseri Zan News: The Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has arrested seven people, including two women, from various areas of Kabul city on charges of “moral corruption.” The ministry issued a statement yesterday, Tuesday (October 29), stating that these individuals were arrested from 22 Districts of Kabul city. The statement mentions that the detainees have been handed over to the “relevant authorities” after the completion of investigations. No further details have been provided on this matter. Meanwhile, earlier, Taliban agents in Takhar province had also arrested 17 female bread sellers on similar charges.

Zan News: Local sources in Kunduz province have confirmed that a 17-year-old girl hanged herself on Friday evening (April 4) in the "Do Bolola" area of District Two in Kunduz city and ended her life. Illustration: Zan TV / AI-generated A 17-Year-Old Girl Committed Suicide in Kunduz April 6, 2025 Zan News Zan News: Local sources in Kunduz province have confirmed that a 17-year-old girl hanged herself on Friday evening (April 4) in the "Do Bolola" area of District Two in Kunduz city and ended her life. According to these sources, after the incident, the girl’s family transferred her to the regional hospital in Kunduz, but she had passed away before arriving at the hospital. The motive and reason behind this suicide are not yet clear, and Taliban officials have not commented on the matter. This is the second case of suicide among women in less than a week in northeastern Afghanistan. Last Thursday, a young woman also hanged herself in Bangi district of Takhar province and ended her life. It is worth mentioning that after the return of the Taliban to power in 2021, alarming reports have emerged regarding the increasing number of suicides among teenage girls and young women in Afghanistan.

Zan News: Local sources in Parwan province report that an unexploded shell blast injured four children in the province. Illustrative file photo: PFC Leslie Angulo / U.S. National Archives / Public Domain Unexploded Shell Blast in Parwan Injures Four Children January 26, 2025 Zan News Zan News: Local sources in Parwan province report that an unexploded shell blast injured four children in the province. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon (January 24) in the "Sufi Khil" area of Shinwari district. According to the sources, three girls and one boy, all under ten years of age, were injured in the explosion. The blast was caused by an unexploded shell left behind from past conflicts. The injured children have been transferred to Parwan Provincial Hospital for treatment. This comes at a time when landmines and unexploded ordnance continue to pose a serious threat to citizens in many provinces across the country. According to reports, children are the most frequent victims of such incidents.

Zan News: The Taliban's Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has announced that its agents have arrested a woman and a man in Kabul on charges of "illicit relations." File photo: Pixabay / CC0 Public Domain A Woman and a Man Arrested in Kabul by the Taliban November 18, 2024 Zan News Zan News: The Taliban's Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has announced that its agents have arrested a woman and a man in Kabul on charges of "illicit relations." On Monday (18 November), the ministry released a statement on the social media platform X, stating that the individuals were arrested in the fifth district of Kabul city. According to the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, after initial investigations, the two individuals have been handed over to the Taliban's judicial and legal authorities. It is noteworthy that agents from the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice have previously arrested individuals in Kabul on charges of "moral corruption" and "illicit relations." Since the enactment of the law on Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice by Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, incidents of similar arrests have increased in Kabul.

Zan News: The Taliban Supreme Court announced on Tuesday (January 7) that two individuals, including a woman, were flogged in Kabul for having an extramarital relationship. Illustration: Zan TV / AI-generated Taliban Flog Two Individuals, Including a Woman, in Kabul January 8, 2025 Zan News Zan News: The Taliban Supreme Court announced on Tuesday (January 7) that two individuals, including a woman, were flogged in Kabul for having an extramarital relationship. In a statement released by the court, it was stated that one of the individuals was sentenced to one year in prison and 39 lashes. The other individual was sentenced to six months in prison and 39 lashes. It is worth noting that since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, the group has repeatedly punished those accused in public. Previously, the Taliban had executed six people in front of the public. The Taliban's desert trials have consistently sparked various reactions both domestically and internationally.

Zan News: Local Taliban officials in Laghman province say that three young children have lost their lives as a result of a landmine explosion in the province. Illustrative file photo: PFC Leslie Angulo / U.S. National Archives / Public Domain Landmine Explosion in Laghman Claims Lives of Three Children February 1, 2025 Zan News Zan News: Local Taliban officials in Laghman province say that three young children have lost their lives as a result of a landmine explosion in the province. Younus Yousufzai, the spokesperson for the Taliban's security command in Laghman, stated that the incident occurred before noon yesterday, Friday (31 January), in the Arina village of Alishing district. According to Yousufzai, the children were collecting scrap metal on a mountainside when they encountered an unexploded landmine, which detonated and killed them. He emphasized that the children were 10, 11, and 13 years old. It is worth noting that during the 20 years of the Republic era, the Taliban planted landmines across vast areas, and the explosion of these mines continues to claim the lives of a significant number of Afghan citizens each year.

Zan News: The Telegraph has reported that the Taliban are using women as "spies" to identify women who defy their law on the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. Illustrative file photo: IMTFI / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Taliban Using Women as Spies to Identify Those Violating the Law of Promotion of Virtue September 3, 2024 Zan News Zan News: The Telegraph has reported that the Taliban are using women as "spies" to identify women who defy their law on the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. According to the report, published on Monday (September 2), women employed by the Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice are tasked with monitoring female citizens on social media and in public places. A female official in the Women's Department of the Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, who was not named in the report, told The Telegraph that these women identify the accounts of female violators on Instagram. This Taliban official added that the group needs more women to identify women who violate the law on the promotion of virtue. According to the report, some women have been forcibly assigned to this task, while others are "spying" in exchange for money. Additionally, some female prisoners in Taliban prisons have been released on the condition that they report on female violators. Gul Nisa Mukhbir, one of the women employed by the Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, stated that she daily identifies women who violate the group's strict laws in clothing stores and crowded places in the city. According to her, after being identified, the female violators are transferred to police stations. Mukhbir also said, "True freedom is for women to stay at home, raise their children, serve their husbands, and not worry about anything else." This report comes as the Taliban leader recently approved into law the group's new decree on promoting virtue and preventing vice, a law that even considers a woman's voice to be 'awrah' (a private part that must be concealed).